We were cold and windy this morning here in Michigan. If we look at the weather in New Hampshire, we might feel a little better about our brutally cold morning.
Mount Washington is a perennially windy spot. Full disclosure is the weather observing equipment is situated above 6,000 feet in elevation. People do visit Mount Washington, just probably not this weekend.
Here are the current conditions at Mount Washington around lunchtime today. It’s 31 degrees below zero with winds gusting to 98 mph. The wind chill is 84 degrees below zero.
The coldest air we had in Michigan this morning is heading to New Hampshire for tonight and Saturday. The high temperature is going to be around 30 degrees below zero right now and then temperatures fall to near 40 below zero this afternoon.
Tonight won’t be a night to be outside at Mount Washington, with temperatures down to 46 below zero, winds gusting to 125 mph and a wind chill as cold as 99 degrees below zero.
Our wind chill map looked very cold this morning.
It did not look nearly as cold as New Hampshire’s wind chill map near noon today.
How’s that for putting Michigan’s harsh winter weather into perspective? Suddenly today doesn’t sound so bad here in Michigan, does it?
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